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runts of the litter

runts of the litter is the plural of runt of the litter.

Meaning of runt of the litter

Noun

runt of the litter (plural runts of the litter)

  1. (idiomatic) The smallest and weakest person in a group, especially a group of siblings.

Questions about runts of the litter

What is runts of the litter the plural of?
Runts of the litter is the plural of runt of the litter.

Words near runts of the litter in the dictionary

  1. runtishness
  2. runtling
  3. runtlings
  4. Runton
  5. runts
  6. runts of the litter
  7. runty
  8. runup
  9. runups
  10. runway
  11. runway model

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Adapted from Wiktionary: runts of the litter (page history and authors); runt of the litter (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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